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Bug turns biggest Ray-Ban Meta glasses fear into reality

Meta has fixed the glitch in its Ray-Ban smart glasses, but privacy worries remain; the camera on your face is still the camera on your face.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on Late Night BBN
Published 10:54 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Ars Technica: “Bug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 10:54 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Meta.
BBN covered this story before: Leaked Meta messages say Lula's accounts were hindered in Brazil vote (October 16).

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Ars TechnicaBug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentArs Technica says a bug in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses made the biggest fear about them real, and the company fixed it, but the privacy concerns are still sitting there.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the glasses were secretly doing the scary thing and now they only do it on purpose? That's growth.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe cure for the nightmare is the regular camera on your face. I trust it exactly as far as the writer of this show.